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We report here the demography and results of renal replacement therapy in Canada from 1981 to 1992. The new case rate for patients entering renal replacement therapy programs in Canada has increased dramatically over the last 12 years, from 49.9 per million to 98.4 per million of the population. The largest increases have been among the elderly, from 146.2 per million in 1981 to 381.9 per million...